Road Police officers training aimed at personal safety protection

Commentary: The challenge of training police officers.

Vermette et al. offer significant observations about the training of police officers working with individuals who have a mental illness. The need to have effective training that meets the expectations of line officers as well as supervisors and police chiefs is readily apparent. Law enforcement officers are routinely the first responders in situations involving mentally ill persons in crisis. T...

Training aimed at nurses

Requirements Engineering of Personal Technology for Police Officers

In this paper, we report a requirements analysis of police work that has been conducted with a view to developing personal technology for police officers. The analysis involved observations, critical incident interviews and a questionnaire study. The paper shows how information from these techniques has been used to develop a design space for possible technologies. A significant problem is the ...

Occupational Health and Safety Risks Faced by Police Officers

ISSN 0817-8542 ISBN 0 642 24217 8 Police officers face a range of risks at work: homicide, assaults, communicable diseases, injuries during car crashes and regular abuse. The risks vary according to the task being undertaken (for example, whether performing traffic duties, attending street disturbances, arresting offenders, guarding prisoners in watchhouses or in hospital, or transporting offen...

Sleep disorders, health, and safety in police officers.

CONTEXT Sleep disorders often remain undiagnosed. Untreated sleep disorders among police officers may adversely affect their health and safety and pose a risk to the public. OBJECTIVE To quantify associations between sleep disorder risk and self-reported health, safety, and performance outcomes in police officers. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional and prospective cohort stud...